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Thursday, May 3, 1 979 -
Volume 62, No. 24 Ito Augustana
Selection of UBG governors
for the 1979-80 academic year
has almost been completed. Approv-ed
for positions to date are (seated)
Alice Ramsay, fine arts; Becky
Johnson, programming; Marcia
Olson, student development; Mary
Kilian, coffeehouse; Shelly Landon,
recreation; Tom Lloyd, social ac-tivities;
(standing) Brad Hoppe, films;
Mark , Berdahl, programming; Bill
Weiland, student development;
Steve Stadem, coffeehouse; Doug
Raynie, recreation; Tony Smith,
social activities; Mark Maser, person-nel.
Governors have not yet been of-ficially
approved for forums and
discussions, records and reports and
publicity boards.
The Union Board of Governors is
responsible for programming of all-campus
events, encompassing a
wide variety of activities. Planning
for next year's events has already
begun with many details to be made
final during the summer.
Postions are available as members
of the various Union Boards.
Students interested in becoming in-volved
with Union Board activities
should contact the appropriate board
governors. Anyone with questions of
a general nature should contact the
UBG office by calling 4429 or writing
to. box 2138, campus mail.
Aid eligibility reaches 100 percent
By Mark Maser
Staff writer
Nearly everyone who wants
financial aid for next year will
be able to get it in some form or
another, according to Don
Scott, director of financial aids.
The federal government and
other groups are taking steps to
insure that students will be able
to receive- financial assistance if
they really want it. Their ac-tions
have subsequently increas-ed
the amount of aid money
that Augustana will receive.
Primary cause of the boost
comes from the United States
Congress. A recent action in
Washington called the "Middle-
Income Assistance Act" has
changed the need-analysis used
in regard to who can receive
financial assistance.
This means that many
students who were ineligible for
aid before may now be potential
candidates.
Scott said,.. "Never before in
the history of the college could
we say that 100 percent of our
students were eligible for finan-cial
aid. This is a new and ex7
eiting thing,"
Augustana has numerous
programs at the present that
allow students the benefit of
Faculty
now in
By Steve Lillehaug
Business manager
Yesterday's Awards Day was
lacking a tribute that has
become a near tradition at
Augustana —the Faculty/Ad-ministrator
fo the Year Award.
The reasons given for the hiatus
of the award, according to Dean
Hofstad, alumni director, were
that a certain ambiguity exists
concerning the award and its
selection.
Hofstad indicated that the
lack - of a clear-cut power
delinieation has existed ever
since- he gained the office four
years ago.
Calling back to his military
day, Hofstad is attempting to
compile a record of the methods
used in awarding honors
,:throughout the Augustana com-munity.
In this regard, he has
undertaken the task of clearly
deliniating who is to give the
award and what it is to consist
of.
In the past, three separate
groups have suggested the
awarding of a faculty citation.
These have included the Board
of Regents, the Alumni Council
and the faculty. In all cases, no
determinative action was taken,
and the task of selecting the
award fell to. the alumni, par-ticularly
the Alumni Council.
Vance Goldammer, chairman
of the alumni committee dealing
with awards, said that a two-part
feeling has caused the
aluinni to reconsider their part
in the award and resolve "that
the Alumni Council and the
Alumni Association participa-tion
in the Faculty/Stiff award
financial aid.
Gift monies that the college
receives and gives to the
students include institutional
grants, the Basic Educational
Opportunity Grant (BEOG)
program, the Supplemental
Educational Opportunity Grant
(SEOG) program, nursing
scholarships, private scholar-ships
and the South Dakota Stu-dent
Incentive program.
Monies in the form of loans
come from the Guaranteed Stu-dent
Loan program, the Na-tional
Direct Student Loan pro-gram
and the Nursing Student
Loan program.
Also, two types of campus
employment provide financial
aid at Augustana. One is the
campus work-study program
which is greatly subsidized by
the government.
The other is funded solely by
the institution and students award
hiatus
be hereby terminated."
Goldammer says that two
reasons exist: many alumni feel
that they are unable to fairly
choose the most deserving in-dividual
for the award, and that
the alumni has "encountered
noticeable lack of enthusiasm of
the faculty and administrative
staff of the college of our
presentation of the award."
In additon, Goldammer
stressed that this was not a
criticism of any individual or
any particular process, but
rather the selection in general.
In an effort to compile a stan-dard
method for selection of the
award, Hofstad has begun a
method of cooperation with
boththe administration and the
faculty, particularly the faculty
Personnel Council.
LaMoyne Pederson, past
chairman of the council, said
the council sent a memorandum
to Hofstad after discussing the
matter in meetings in the early
part of the year. Pederson in-dicated
that the Personnel
Council felt that it was impor-tant
that the alumni continue to
be involved in the selection pro-cess
to allow for the greatest ob-jectivity,
and that the award be
accompanied by a significant
monetary award.
Faculty, alumni and student
dissatisfactions with the awards
have been minimal, according
to Hofstad, Goldammer and
Pederson. All expressed a desire
to see that the award have
definite guidelines established in
order to give the award the
eminence that they feel it
deserves.
working in this area may be said
to be, in a sense, employees of
the college.
This past academic year 1324
students were involved in some
part of the financial aid pro-gram.
This is 70 percent of the
Augustana campus population.
Although there will still be
aid assistance to the very needy,
there will also be assistance to
families in the middle-income
bracket next year.
The increase in aid will come
from a variety of sources. A
major source of financial
assistance will come in the form
of loans from participating
private lenders with help and
gujdance from the federal
government and other groups.
More federal and state money
will be pumped into grant pro-grams
as well. For instance, the
BEOG program will be upgrad-ed.
This year at Augustana, ap-proximately
470 students were
involved in this program. On
the average, each student
received $609 in grant money.
Next year, Scott projects that
around 700 students will par-ticipate,
and the average dollar
figure will rise by $200.
In addition to this large in-crease,
the SEOG program will
also increase. Scott said that the
program would remain basical-ly
the same, but the total dollar
figure would rise by about
$70,000 on the Augustana cam-pus.
The above programs are open
to all United States citizens since
they are national undertakings.
Students may apply where they
go to school despite residency.
On the state level, however,
there is additional interest and
action regarding student aid
monies.
In South Dakota, the state
legislature passed the Private
College Tuition Equalization
Act.
This bill applies only to South
Dakota residents going to South
Dakota private schools, such as
Augustana. Students may
reeive up to $250 under this pro-gram.
Approximately 300 students
will receive money from the
state as an offshoot of this bill,
Scott said.
If students are interested in
applying for financial aid, they
should go to the Financial Aid
Office on the lower level of the
Administration Building.
Hours there are from 8 a.m.
to 5 p.m., excluding the noon
hour.
Personnel to make appoint-ments
with there are Don Scott
and Gene Linton.
When applying for aid the
first order of business will be to
have the individual's family
complete a Family Financial
Statement (FFS).
It will be upon this form that
most of the student's needs will
be based.
The office will attempt to
help the student receive or find
aid in may areas, including
loans and grants.
Once these possibilities are
looked into, the direct gift
sources are explored (scholar-ships,
institutional work), but
only as a final resort.
Aid/to page 2
"Never before in the history of the college
could we say that 1 00 percent of our
students were eligible for financial aid. This is
a new and exciting thing."
Donald Scott, director of financial aid

Thursday, May 3, 1 979 -
Volume 62, No. 24 Ito Augustana
Selection of UBG governors
for the 1979-80 academic year
has almost been completed. Approv-ed
for positions to date are (seated)
Alice Ramsay, fine arts; Becky
Johnson, programming; Marcia
Olson, student development; Mary
Kilian, coffeehouse; Shelly Landon,
recreation; Tom Lloyd, social ac-tivities;
(standing) Brad Hoppe, films;
Mark , Berdahl, programming; Bill
Weiland, student development;
Steve Stadem, coffeehouse; Doug
Raynie, recreation; Tony Smith,
social activities; Mark Maser, person-nel.
Governors have not yet been of-ficially
approved for forums and
discussions, records and reports and
publicity boards.
The Union Board of Governors is
responsible for programming of all-campus
events, encompassing a
wide variety of activities. Planning
for next year's events has already
begun with many details to be made
final during the summer.
Postions are available as members
of the various Union Boards.
Students interested in becoming in-volved
with Union Board activities
should contact the appropriate board
governors. Anyone with questions of
a general nature should contact the
UBG office by calling 4429 or writing
to. box 2138, campus mail.
Aid eligibility reaches 100 percent
By Mark Maser
Staff writer
Nearly everyone who wants
financial aid for next year will
be able to get it in some form or
another, according to Don
Scott, director of financial aids.
The federal government and
other groups are taking steps to
insure that students will be able
to receive- financial assistance if
they really want it. Their ac-tions
have subsequently increas-ed
the amount of aid money
that Augustana will receive.
Primary cause of the boost
comes from the United States
Congress. A recent action in
Washington called the "Middle-
Income Assistance Act" has
changed the need-analysis used
in regard to who can receive
financial assistance.
This means that many
students who were ineligible for
aid before may now be potential
candidates.
Scott said,.. "Never before in
the history of the college could
we say that 100 percent of our
students were eligible for finan-cial
aid. This is a new and ex7
eiting thing,"
Augustana has numerous
programs at the present that
allow students the benefit of
Faculty
now in
By Steve Lillehaug
Business manager
Yesterday's Awards Day was
lacking a tribute that has
become a near tradition at
Augustana —the Faculty/Ad-ministrator
fo the Year Award.
The reasons given for the hiatus
of the award, according to Dean
Hofstad, alumni director, were
that a certain ambiguity exists
concerning the award and its
selection.
Hofstad indicated that the
lack - of a clear-cut power
delinieation has existed ever
since- he gained the office four
years ago.
Calling back to his military
day, Hofstad is attempting to
compile a record of the methods
used in awarding honors
,:throughout the Augustana com-munity.
In this regard, he has
undertaken the task of clearly
deliniating who is to give the
award and what it is to consist
of.
In the past, three separate
groups have suggested the
awarding of a faculty citation.
These have included the Board
of Regents, the Alumni Council
and the faculty. In all cases, no
determinative action was taken,
and the task of selecting the
award fell to. the alumni, par-ticularly
the Alumni Council.
Vance Goldammer, chairman
of the alumni committee dealing
with awards, said that a two-part
feeling has caused the
aluinni to reconsider their part
in the award and resolve "that
the Alumni Council and the
Alumni Association participa-tion
in the Faculty/Stiff award
financial aid.
Gift monies that the college
receives and gives to the
students include institutional
grants, the Basic Educational
Opportunity Grant (BEOG)
program, the Supplemental
Educational Opportunity Grant
(SEOG) program, nursing
scholarships, private scholar-ships
and the South Dakota Stu-dent
Incentive program.
Monies in the form of loans
come from the Guaranteed Stu-dent
Loan program, the Na-tional
Direct Student Loan pro-gram
and the Nursing Student
Loan program.
Also, two types of campus
employment provide financial
aid at Augustana. One is the
campus work-study program
which is greatly subsidized by
the government.
The other is funded solely by
the institution and students award
hiatus
be hereby terminated."
Goldammer says that two
reasons exist: many alumni feel
that they are unable to fairly
choose the most deserving in-dividual
for the award, and that
the alumni has "encountered
noticeable lack of enthusiasm of
the faculty and administrative
staff of the college of our
presentation of the award."
In additon, Goldammer
stressed that this was not a
criticism of any individual or
any particular process, but
rather the selection in general.
In an effort to compile a stan-dard
method for selection of the
award, Hofstad has begun a
method of cooperation with
boththe administration and the
faculty, particularly the faculty
Personnel Council.
LaMoyne Pederson, past
chairman of the council, said
the council sent a memorandum
to Hofstad after discussing the
matter in meetings in the early
part of the year. Pederson in-dicated
that the Personnel
Council felt that it was impor-tant
that the alumni continue to
be involved in the selection pro-cess
to allow for the greatest ob-jectivity,
and that the award be
accompanied by a significant
monetary award.
Faculty, alumni and student
dissatisfactions with the awards
have been minimal, according
to Hofstad, Goldammer and
Pederson. All expressed a desire
to see that the award have
definite guidelines established in
order to give the award the
eminence that they feel it
deserves.
working in this area may be said
to be, in a sense, employees of
the college.
This past academic year 1324
students were involved in some
part of the financial aid pro-gram.
This is 70 percent of the
Augustana campus population.
Although there will still be
aid assistance to the very needy,
there will also be assistance to
families in the middle-income
bracket next year.
The increase in aid will come
from a variety of sources. A
major source of financial
assistance will come in the form
of loans from participating
private lenders with help and
gujdance from the federal
government and other groups.
More federal and state money
will be pumped into grant pro-grams
as well. For instance, the
BEOG program will be upgrad-ed.
This year at Augustana, ap-proximately
470 students were
involved in this program. On
the average, each student
received $609 in grant money.
Next year, Scott projects that
around 700 students will par-ticipate,
and the average dollar
figure will rise by $200.
In addition to this large in-crease,
the SEOG program will
also increase. Scott said that the
program would remain basical-ly
the same, but the total dollar
figure would rise by about
$70,000 on the Augustana cam-pus.
The above programs are open
to all United States citizens since
they are national undertakings.
Students may apply where they
go to school despite residency.
On the state level, however,
there is additional interest and
action regarding student aid
monies.
In South Dakota, the state
legislature passed the Private
College Tuition Equalization
Act.
This bill applies only to South
Dakota residents going to South
Dakota private schools, such as
Augustana. Students may
reeive up to $250 under this pro-gram.
Approximately 300 students
will receive money from the
state as an offshoot of this bill,
Scott said.
If students are interested in
applying for financial aid, they
should go to the Financial Aid
Office on the lower level of the
Administration Building.
Hours there are from 8 a.m.
to 5 p.m., excluding the noon
hour.
Personnel to make appoint-ments
with there are Don Scott
and Gene Linton.
When applying for aid the
first order of business will be to
have the individual's family
complete a Family Financial
Statement (FFS).
It will be upon this form that
most of the student's needs will
be based.
The office will attempt to
help the student receive or find
aid in may areas, including
loans and grants.
Once these possibilities are
looked into, the direct gift
sources are explored (scholar-ships,
institutional work), but
only as a final resort.
Aid/to page 2
"Never before in the history of the college
could we say that 1 00 percent of our
students were eligible for financial aid. This is
a new and exciting thing."
Donald Scott, director of financial aid